scholarly journals Supporting High School Graduation Aspirations among Latino Middle School Students

RMLE Online ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana B. Lys
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Graduation

“Reality Math”

1991 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Linda K. Moniuszko
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Graduation

Junior high school and middle school students are a rare breed. They can be utterly charming one minute and yet extremely difficult to reach the next. Their minds seem to be everywhere but in the classroom. The far-off goal of high school graduation is too remote to entice some to hard work, and to others it must seem the impossible dream.

scholarly journals A Measure of College-Going Self-Efficacy for Middle School Students

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2156759X1001300
Author(s):  
Melinda M. Gibbons ◽  
L. DiAnne Borders
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
College Going ◽  
School Graduation

Many career and educational plans are made well before high school graduation. School counselors’ efforts to support these plans are limited by the lack of assessments of middle school students’ college-going beliefs. Development of the College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale for middle school students is described in this article. Initial evidence of validity and reliability from three separate studies is reported, and suggestions for using this scale with students are provided.

Proof: Examples and Beyond

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-211
Author(s):  
Eric J. Knuth ◽  
Jeffrey M. Choppin ◽  
Kristen N. Bieda
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
School Students

Asking middle school students to verify the math they do requires them to think about proof. By doing so, students construct arguments in the middle school and are more ready for proof in high school.

On My Mind: Proof and the Middle School Mathematics Student

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 516-518
Author(s):  
James M. Sconyers
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Middle School Mathematics ◽  
Basic Logic ◽  
School Students ◽  
High School Geometry ◽  
School Geometry ◽  
Mathematics Student ◽  
Geometry Class

Is proof perceived as being rigid and formal? Something that students should first encounter in high school? Does a concern involve students' having difficulty when they finally confront the idea of proof, perhaps in their high school geometry class? One likely reason for this unease with proof is that it is so often left out of any work in mathematics until students reach high school. They are then overwhelmed, since it is so unfamiliar. This outcome is not inevitable. Middle school students are capable of grasping the basic logic of proof and should be given the opportunity to encounter it.

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